Detective Naani: Grand Mess
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 During her daily ritual of
morning walk, 75 year old Naani (Ava Mukherjee the famous Dabur model) witnesses
a small girl (Saili Shettye) peeping at her nervously. Intrigued, as Naani tries
to find more about the girl she stumbles on a huge racket. In her mission to
unearth the big mystery she is aided by her aspiring detective grandson (Zain
Khan) as also from some unexpected quarters. How her mission ends in a success
and what positive changes this journey brings in the lives of Naani and those
around her form the rest of the plot.
The basic plot premise sounds
interesting on paper but the whole execution and unintelligent screenplay makes
you wish it could have better made into an episode of a TV series. Since it has
an unusual detective jodi of a grandmother and her grandson, the whodunit should
have been laced with more funnier and imaginative moments. But unnecessary time
is wasted on lack luster sub plots such as the two online lovers etc. Even the
intended romantic track between the investigating CID officer (Ankar Nayyar) and
Naani’s divorcee daughter (Amrita Saluja) appears half baked. What is worse is
the running time which stretches to 135 minutes. You keep looking at your watch
as one stupid sequence follows the other, hoping it all to end!
Sometimes
you feel like forgiving all the above problems since it’s the director’s debut
attempt and try to take solace in good acting but well you are disappointed on
this front as well. While Zain Khan gets irritating after a point the rest all
are no good either. Ava Mukherjee is the only saving grace.
Just give
this film a miss. It tries to be a cute whodunit but ends up being a mess and a
waste of your time.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5*
Starring: Ava Mukherjee, Master
Zain Khan, Ankur Nayyar, Amrita Saluja, Shubhangi Gokhale, Amit Verma and Shweta
Gulati
Director: Romilla Mukherjee
Sampurn Media
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